Rental Cars

[canadiantofu]

I just took advantage of their $170.00 per week rate/promo and they bumped me up to an SUV with unlimited KM. Pretty sweet deal.

http://www.thrifty.com/specials/Canada_Deals.aspx

Also...most car rental companys has an extra charge if you rent from their airport location.... for Thrifty it's call Premium Location Charge. If you can...rent your car at a non airport location. The Thrifty that I rented from picked me up and drove me to their rental location.

[Shoppaholic]

Are there any car rental companies that allow you to take the rental car across the US?

[HighFlyer]

Are there any car rental companies that allow you to take the rental car across the US?

Most, if not all of them do. It just depends on which ones will charge for it. The majors (avis, hertz, national) generally don't.

[charge]

I just took advantage of their $170.00 per week rate/promo and they bumped me up to an SUV with unlimited KM. Pretty sweet deal.

If you use your CC to cover the waiver, check the fine print for the coverage given.

I know CitiBank platinum cards don't include SUV's.

But they don't have any yearly fees.


PS if you sign up for the "Preferred Renter" (or whatever its called) program they usually send you a "welcome" coupon with the documentation.

[putty]

I have used credit cards to cover insurance on rental cars and I have some advice.
Check the deductable on your card's insurance before you rent.
I used my company's credit card to book a car and the car was damaged by someone that left a crease all the way down the side of the vehicle. I would have estimated it was about $5000 damage. AMEX covered it all with just a little paperwork.
Then in Calgary I used my personal AMEX card to rent a car to go to Banff.
Several cars threw small rocks at my car during the whole trip and caused three really big chips in the windshield.
My personal AMEX card has a $100 deductable that I was unaware of.
AMEX covered the windshield repairs but it cost me $100.

Anyways, get the glass insurance if they have it. In calgary and surounding are they use a lot of pebbles/small rocks and sand in the winter on the roads.

[vince_huang]

Can anyone tell me what the best deal is to rent a car at Toronto Int. Airport from Mar. 20 to Apr. 1?

[laterscooter]

Does anyone know if there are any deals for renting a mini-van?

[canwin]

This site is nice. Save your time to search internet.

I just booked a full size car for $180(include tax, no LDW) for a week.
Could get a SUV for the same price, but since I gonna drive a long
way, i mean >3000KM. So i think SUV may cost $100+ extra gas.

Anyway, you should find some useful deal from

http://www.neotravel.com/deals/coupons_budget.php

[putty]

Anyway, you should find some useful deal from

http://www.neotravel.com/deals/coupons_budget.php

that's a good site, thanks

[plucky duck]

I ended up using Enterprise for car rental in LV. Didn't know about any coupons or any savings in entertainment book. Unless you call ahead of time or have made plans you'll end up being like me (which is what you don't want) as I ended up paying $50USD per day. They gave me a $5/day break and charged 9 days of insurance instead of 12 days. They were the only one to offer shuttle service as my son of a gitch cousin wouldn't offer me a ride to and from the rental place (long story don't ask). It was for an Impala.

Cousin's hubby almost got us into car accident on 2/3 occasions on the way to San Diego and back to LV. He hit a huge cement block doing a reverse parking. When I returned the vehicle the gentleman didn't mention anything during the once over inspection. I was surprised actually.

[gilboman]

I ended up using Enterprise for car rental in LV. Didn't know about any coupons or any savings in entertainment book. Unless you call ahead of time or have made plans you'll end up being like me (which is what you don't want) as I ended up paying $50USD per day. They gave me a $5/day break and charged 9 days of insurance instead of 12 days. They were the only one to offer shuttle service as my son of a gitch cousin wouldn't offer me a ride to and from the rental place (long story don't ask). It was for an Impala.

Cousin's hubby almost got us into car accident on 2/3 occasions on the way to San Diego and back to LV. He hit a huge cement block doing a reverse parking. When I returned the vehicle the gentleman didn't mention anything during the once over inspection. I was surprised actually.

ouch, thrifty using destinationscoupon for LV is only $23 a day

[malaca]

What is the 20$ weekday coupon??

-mike

My wife rented a car a couple times (I'm the one who rents usually).
Then a couple months later we received a coupon in the mail.
It expires May 31st. When I use it for an economy model during the week, the rate I get is 19.99$.
I guess this is some kind of special to keep ex-customers coming back.
What you can do next time is make one reservation in your spouse's name, but then you can go and pick it up anyway (just bring the printout with the reservation # on it). And then maybe you'll receive the coupon.